I recently received an email from somone in this group about
Grouply. I do not know this person, nor are they on my IM list, nor
have they ever posted to me here. Laura H., do not spam me again.
This is a copy of a message from another Yahoo! Group concerning
Grouply. Since obviously it now effects this group, I thought I'd
share. The rest of this post is a copy of that message, I have
included the author's ID and name they use in this particular group
at the bottom.



RE: [Best_Fanfiction] My list of Yahoo Groups :)


I apologise in advance if this warning has already been posted here
but as I received a Grouply invite from a member of this
group I felt I had to share this.

_____________________________

There is a message going out to different Yahoo Groups advertising
and suggesting that you join a new group called GROUPLY. This group
claims to help manage all your Yahoo groups and you will get a
summary, at the end of the day, telling you what is going on in all
your groups.

IF YOU JOIN THIS GROUP, they use your Yahoo ID and password to
post "mass mailings" (can be junk, can be porn) and send them to
anyone, and since it's YOUR ID they are using, others will think it
is coming from you.

For instance, you could get an email CLAIMING that it came
from "amystica3" Yahoo group and it really is not from this group. I
could get an email, with this mass mailing, claiming it came from me,
and it would NOT have been from me.

Again, IF YOU HAVE JOINED THIS GROUP called "GROUPLY" IMMEDIATELY
leave Grouply.
Then go into your account at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ mygroups and
change your password. Some groups have posted that this will help.
Unsubbing from that group won't make a difference (but I think you
will want to then possibly rejoin) but you
DO NEED TO CHANGE YOUR YAHOO PASSWORD.

By joining this group you have also exposed all your groups, group
members and group leaders to hacking of their emails and group
information.

Because of this problem, some groups are removing all members with a
email grouply.com.
This is the only way to protect all the members.

This is how Identity theft gets going.
They now have your real email, your yahoo emails, any emails listed
in your yahoo group and can mail as you - in and out of the yahoo
groups.

I hope you understand what is happening - and will take precautions
to protect your Yahoo ID.

I have also heard that www.grouply. com sells your information once
they have it."

Margaret Dunlap <mdunlap@...>
mdunlapca